Category: Middlesex County

CARTERET—Mayor Daniel Reiman proposed a $1.2 million cut in Carteret’s defeated school budget at a special joint meeting of the Borough Council and School Board on May 19. The reduction is from the School District’s proposed 2008-2009 total school year…

Golden Knights Cheerleaders Win Again—St. Cecelia’s Golden Knights Rec. Cheerleaders of Iselin did it again! The cheerleaders rocked Virginia Beach Convention Center on May 4 and brought home two “World’s Best” titles. All three teams competed in the first annual…

By Mayor John E. McCormac Hello Atom Tabloid Readers… I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone about the great events and happenings coming to Woodbridge this summer. Let’s start with Saturdays in downtown Woodbridge with the “bigger and…

by Diane Norek Harrison SOUTH AMBOY-I do not have the exact year of this information, but it is from the early to mid 1950s since my references show that is when Thorvald Olsen was Mayor of South Amboy,

Vas era comes to an end in Perth Amboy PERTH AMBOY – Political newcomer Wilda Diaz won a stunning victory Tuesday, defeating 18-year incumbent Mayor Joseph Vas by more than 1,000 votes. Diaz called her victory “incredible.” “The people wanted…

CARTERET—Mayor Daniel J. Reiman has announced that several municipal departments and services have been consolidated under a single organizational structure. The directive was made as a part of the administration’s agenda to streamline operations, and is the second such restructuring…

PERTH AMBOY – Mayor Joseph Vas, the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency and Victory Center, LLC held the groundbreaking ceremony of the Riverview Harbor development site on May 7. The project is situated at the intersection of Sheridan and Patterson Streets.…

PORT READING – Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac has requested a federal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the derailment of a Conrail freight train that forced approximately 100 Port Reading residents to evacuate their homes Sunday. Shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday,…

By Diane Norek Harrison PERTH AMBOY-This column is from my own research from 1920 material: Some of the natives of Denmark in the city, with their families, constitute a congregation known as St. Stefan’s Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church. Their place…

PERTH AMBOY – Next week, Perth Amboy voters will decide who will be the city’s mayor for the next four years. Joseph Vas has served in the city’s executive office for nearly 18 years, but faces a challenge from political…